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Full name | Amadou Jean Tigana[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 23 June 1955||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bamako, French Sudan[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Central midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1965–1972 | ASPTT Marseille | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1972–1974 | SO Les Caillols | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | Cassis | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1978 | Toulon | 76 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1978–1981 | Lyon | 104 | (15) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1989 | Bordeaux | 251 | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Marseille | 56 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 487 | (36) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1980–1988 | France | 52 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–1995 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1995–1999 | Monaco | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Fulham | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Beşiktaş | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Bordeaux | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Shanghai Shenhua | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Amadou Jean Tigana (born 23 June 1955) is a French former football player and manager. A central midfielder, he was renowned as one of the best midfielders in the world during the 1980s.[3] He spent his entire playing career in France, and made 52 appearances and scored one goal for the France national team. Following his playing career, he became a manager, coaching clubs in France, England, Turkey and China.